The Consumer Protection Directorate of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) resolved over 3,000 complaints from passengers between January and July this year. The complaints included delayed and cancelled flights, missing luggage and over booking, among others. The General Manager, Consumer Protection Directorate, Mrs. Ify Megwa, told our correspondent that the number also included complaints […]
Medview Airlines is set to begin flights from Lagos into London and Lisbon in Portugal. The Managing Director, Alhaji Muneer Bankole who made this known, said the carrier has secured approvals from aviation authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) and Portugal to begin the operations. Bankole said the airline has engaged a consultant to complete […]
The Ministry of Aviation has alleged that the debts owed to the aviation agencies by local airlines in Nigeria have leaped to about N100 billion. It was learnt that these debts are owed to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The debts range […]
Stakeholders in the aviation industry have implored the federal government to restructure the huge debts owed by the airlines operating in the country. According to the stakeholders, this restructuring will help save the businesses of the operators while both parties agree on payment modalities. It was gathered that the airlines owe aviation agencies and the […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has given a 14-day ultimatum to airlines who failed to remit their ticket sales charge (TSC) and cargo sales charges (CSC). In a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Fan Ndubuoke, the authority read the riot act to the affected airlines which had demonstrated apathy in remitting the 5 […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday said it would publish thez names and amount being owed by each airline operating in the country if the carriers failed to make the necessary remittances within two weeks. The NCAA, in a riot act to all the debtor airlines, said the affected carriers had demonstrated apathy in […]
As part of efforts to address the problem of low capacity and improve airlines’ operational standards, the federal government may enforce a new policy that would stipulate that any airline operating in the country should have a minimum of five aircraft. It would also make it mandatory that within five years of operation, every Nigerian […]
The total annual revenue of 3 biggest africa carier, Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways amounted to $3 billion in 2014 financial year President of Aviation Round Table, ART, Gbenga Olowo who disclosed this in Lagos, said the revenue was only 35 per cent of the total revenue of the Gulf’s biggest carrier, […]
A 19-member committee set up by the ruling All Progressives Congress has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to consolidate debt-laden airlines in the country and create a national carrier that will partner with a global airline to boost revenue and create jobs. According to a Reuters report, the strategy report submitted to the President […]
The new Commissioner of Police, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu has pledged the determination of the command to collaborate with airlines to improve security at the airport.Lakanu made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to Arik Air and Medview Airline. Specifically, Lakanu said the police would partner the Nigeria Air […]
